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VARIOUS MEASURES

MARKUP

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 2901, H.R. 5206, H.R. 5241, H.R. 5656, 

H.R. 5685, H.R. 5710, H. Res. 714 and H. Res. 758

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Serial No. 113–225

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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

EDWARD R. ROYCE, California, Chairman 

CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey 

ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida 

DANA ROHRABACHER, California 

STEVE CHABOT, Ohio 

JOE WILSON, South Carolina 

MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas 

TED POE, Texas 

MATT SALMON, Arizona 

TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania 

JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina 

ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois 

MO BROOKS, Alabama 

TOM COTTON, Arkansas 

PAUL COOK, California 

GEORGE HOLDING, North Carolina 

RANDY K. WEBER SR., Texas 

SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania 

STEVE STOCKMAN, Texas 

RON DESANTIS, Florida 

DOUG COLLINS, Georgia 

MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina 

TED S. YOHO, Florida 

SEAN DUFFY, Wisconsin 

CURT CLAWSON, Florida 

ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York 

ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 

Samoa 

BRAD SHERMAN, California 

GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York 

ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey 

GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia 

THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida 

BRIAN HIGGINS, New York 

KAREN BASS, California 

WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts 

DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island 

ALAN GRAYSON, Florida 

JUAN VARGAS, California 

BRADLEY S. SCHNEIDER, Illinois 

JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III, Massachusetts 

AMI BERA, California 

ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California 

GRACE MENG, New York 

LOIS FRANKEL, Florida 

TULSI GABBARD, Hawaii 

JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas

AMY PORTER, Chief of Staff THOMAS SHEEHY, Staff Director

JASON STEINBAUM, Democratic Staff Director 

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C O N T E N T S 

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MARKUP OF 

H.R. 2901, To strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon Water 

for the Poor Act of 2005 by improving the capacity of the United States 

Government to implement, leverage, and monitor and evaluate programs 

to provide first-time or improved access to safe drinking water, sanitation, 

and hygiene to the world’s poorest on an equitable and sustainable basis, 

and for other purposes ......................................................................................... 2

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 2901 offered by the 

Honorable Ted Poe, a Representative in Congress from the State of 

Texas .................................................................................................................. 56

H.R. 5206, To allow Foreign Service and other executive agency employees 

to designate beneficiaries of their death benefits .............................................. 76

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5206 offered by the 

Honorable Alan Grayson, a Representative in Congress from the State 

of Florida ........................................................................................................... 78

H.R. 5241, To prohibit United States Government recognition of Russia’s 

annexation of Crimea ........................................................................................... 79

H.R. 5656, To authorize the Feed the Future Initiative to reduce global 

poverty and hunger in developing countries on a sustainable basis, and 

for other purposes ................................................................................................ 81

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5656 offered by the 

Honorable Christopher H. Smith, a Representative in Congress from 

the State of New Jersey ................................................................................... 95

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 

5656 offered by the Honorable Christopher H. Smith ........................... 108

H.R. 5685, To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

to require congressional notification not less than 15 days after a reward 

is authorized under the Rewards for Justice Program of the Department 

of State, and for other purposes .......................................................................... 110

H.R. 5710, To authorize the provision of assistance on an emergency basis 

for countries affected by or at risk of being affected by the outbreak of 

the Ebola virus disease to effectively address such outbreak at its source, 

and for other purposes ......................................................................................... 112

Amendment to H.R. 5710 offered by: 

The Honorable Christopher H. Smith ................................................................ 122

The Honorable David Cicilline, a Representative in Congress from the 

State of Rhode Island ....................................................................................... 123

The Honorable Scott Perry, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ............................................................................. 125

H. Res. 714, Reaffirming the peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime 

and jurisdictional disputes in the South China Sea and the East China 

Sea as provided for by universally recognized principles of international 

law, and reaffirming the strong support of the United States Government 

for freedom of navigation and other internationally lawful uses of sea 

and airspace in the Asia-Pacific region .............................................................. 126

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 714 offered by the 

Honorable Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, a Representative in Congress from 

American Samoa ............................................................................................... 134

H. Res. 758, Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, 

under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination ........................................................................................................................ 143

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Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 758 offered by the 

Honorable Eliot L. Engel, a Representative in Congress from the State 

of New York ...................................................................................................... 157

APPENDIX 

Markup notice .......................................................................................................... 184

Markup minutes ...................................................................................................... 185

Markup summary .................................................................................................... 187

The Honorable Christopher H. Smith: 

Prepared statement .............................................................................................. 188

Material submitted for the record ...................................................................... 190

The Honorable Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, a Representative in Congress from 

American Samoa: Prepared statement ............................................................... 191

The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Representative in Congress from the 

State of Florida: Prepared statement ................................................................. 192

The Honorable Gerald E. Connolly, a Representative in Congress from the 

Commonwealth of Virginia: Prepared statement .............................................. 193

The Honorable William Keating, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Prepared statement ........................................... 194

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VARIOUS MEASURES 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

Washington, DC. 

The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:32 a.m., in room 

2712, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Ed Royce (chairman of 

the committee) presiding. 

Chairman ROYCE. All right. We are going to ask all the members 

to take their seats, and this committee will come to order. 

Pursuant to notice, we meet today to mark up eight bipartisan 

measures. And I want to begin by thanking all our committee 

members. And I want to thank the staff on both sides of the aisle 

here for the extensive preparation that went into this markup 

today. 

Without objection, all members may have 5 calendar days to submit statements for the record. 

And all members were notified yesterday we now intend to consider en bloc the eight measures and amendments provided to your 

offices previously. And so, without objection, the following items 

will be considered en bloc: H.R. 2901, the Water for the World Act; 

Poe Amendment 110 in the nature of a substitute; H.R. 5206, to 

allow Foreign Service officers to designate death benefits to the 

beneficiaries; Grayson Amendment 301 in the nature of a substitute; H.R. 5241, the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act; 

H.R. 5656, the Global Food Security Act; Smith Amendment 80 in 

the nature of a substitute and Smith Amendment 84 to the amendment; H.R. 5685, the Rewards for Justice Congressional Notification Act; H.R. 5710, the Ebola Emergency Response Act; Smith 

Amendment 82; Cicilline Amendment 51; and Perry Amendment 

45; House Resolution 714, regarding the peaceful resolution of maritime and jurisdictional disputes in the Asia-Pacific region; 

Faleomavaega Amendment 22 in the nature of a substitute; and, 

last, House Resolution 758, condemning the actions of the Russian 

Federation toward neighboring countries; and Engel Amendment 

68 in the nature of a substitute. 

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Chairman ROYCE. So after opening remarks by myself and the 

ranking member, I will be glad to recognize any member seeking 

recognition to speak on the en bloc items. 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chairman? 

Chairman ROYCE. Yes. Let me recognize the gentleman from 

California. 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. Reserving my right to object to the unanimous-consent request. 

Chairman ROYCE. Yes, Mr. Rohrabacher. 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. Let me just note that the State Department 

has taken enormous efforts to prevent Members of this body from 

going to certain parts of the world. And, in this case, we are talking about Erbil and getting firsthand knowledge of what is going 

on in Kurdistan and the threat that we face in that region. 

Not only have I been thwarted in my efforts to do this, to get a 

firsthand look and get firsthand knowledge of this threat to our security as well as to the stability of an entire region of the world, 

but I know that you and Mr. Engel have been thwarted in your attempts. The chairman of our Foreign Affairs Committee and the 

ranking member, as well as people who have been involved in these 

issues for decades have been thwarted by the State Department, 

unelected bureaucrats, from going to get firsthand knowledge. 

All this while our allies—for example, the members of the British 

Foreign Affairs Committee of their parliament—have been given 

free ride to go there and see what is going on and make their determinations of what policy their government should have. 

Now, I will be going to that region sometime soon, but let me 

note that the arrogance of our State Department in trying to prevent us from having firsthand knowledge is unacceptable. And if it 

continues, I will personally object every time there is a unanimousconsent request from this administration for any funds that will go 

toward the State Department. And we cannot tolerate these types 

of roadblocks and hampering of our ability to have the congressional oversight over American policy that we are expected to have. 

Now, let me note, this is not just a problem with this administration. So I hope my friends do not think that I am saying this in 

a partisan way. I am not. We have had this problem in the past. 

And it is time for us to make sure that the legislative branch can 

do its job, that we can do our responsibility in representing the interests of the American people and that, as I say, the unelected appointees who think they are the czars of foreign policy better not 

try to oversee democracy, or some of us will prevent any type of 

legislation from coming through that they want to come through 

this body. 

Mr. CONNOLLY. Would my friend yield? 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. I certainly would. 

Mr. CONNOLLY. I just want to say to my friend from California, 

at least speaking for this gentleman on this side of the aisle, I 

couldn’t agree with him more. It is not the role of any executivebranch agency to prevent the legislative branch from undertaking 

its constitutional responsibilities. 

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tion of those responsibilities as specified also in the Constitution, 

we have a separate but equal role in the Constitution. And the 

State Department and no executive-branch agency must interfere 

with the execution of those responsibilities. 

And if those responsibilities include our travel to areas we feel 

need to be examined, that is our business. That is the legislative 

branch’s constitutional right, and it cannot be interfered with. So 

I support the assertion being made by my friend from California, 

and I would hope the State Department would relent. 

Thank you. 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. Thank you very much. 

And, with that, I withdraw my—do I? No, I still remain——

Chairman ROYCE. I appreciate—if I could reclaim my recognition, 

and I will speak to this issue at this time. 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. That is correct. Yes, sir. 

Chairman ROYCE. First of all, let me say that this has been an 

ongoing problem for members of this committee. 

Let me also articulate an observation here, that I believe that 

part of the problem has not only been with the State Department 

but with the government in Baghdad that has made it increasingly 

difficult for Members to fly, obviously, directly into Erbil. And we 

have had close discussions recently and I am working with Members here right now on both sides of the aisle and with our Ambassador in Baghdad in order to work around this problem to make 

certain that, in the future, our Members can travel to Erbil. 

Let me say also that, with respect to the conduct of the government in Baghdad, myself and Eliot Engel are introducing legislation today which, for the first time, will provide temporary authority for us in the United States, for the President, to provide weapons directly to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces fighting ISIS on the 

ground. 

And the reason we are doing this—not only, again, is it difficult 

for Members to fly into Erbil because we are blocked by the government in Baghdad for doing so directly, but it has also been the case 

that, as over a 600-mile front the Peshmerga fight against ISIS, 

they fight without the weapons that they need to properly defend 

themselves. 

They fight with small arms against armor and artillery and mortars. They cannot obtain, or they have had a great deal of difficulty 

obtaining the anti-tank missiles they need, the artillery pieces they 

need, that they are willing to buy, the long-range mortars they 

need, the armor they need. 

And after months of watching these brave men and women—and 

30 percent of these battalions are made up of women, female fighters—after watching them hold off these attacks from ISIS, it is 

long past time that our Government figure out a way to help those 

who are bleeding and dying on the ground to actually turn back the 

ISIS battalions, to help them get the weaponry they need. 

So let me assure Members on both sides of the aisle that we are 

going to continue to move forward with our initiatives in this legislation which Mr. Engel and I have drafted. I urge any members 

here who are concerned about the situation faced by the Peshmerga 

or over these arguments about our engagement with those doing 

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most of the fighting on the ground there in Iraq, please cosign our 

legislation. 

We now move back to remarks on the items under consideration 

en bloc. And I will finish my little statement here on each of the 

measures before us briefly, if I could. You all have been provided 

the text of the legislation. 

So we have eight measures by the members before us. Let me 

turn first to Water for the World. 

We have 750 million people lacking access to safe drinking water. 

This bill will ensure that existing U.S. investments in water are effective and sustainable by authorizing and clarifying the responsibility of two existing advisory positions and prioritizing our water 

programming, placing a greater emphasis on its impact and its sustainability. 

And I want to thank Representatives Blumenauer and Poe for 

their good bill. And I see Mr. Blumenauer here. If he would stand, 

and I just wanted to thank him for his engagement with this committee. [Applause.] 

And this provides strategic direction to this program and improved oversight. And we have put a lot of time and effort into it 

with Mr. Poe. 

We have H.R. 5206, this death beneficiaries provision. And I 

want to thank Mr. Grayson and Mr. Smith for their close collaboration on the amendment, which will now allow Foreign Service officers to select the beneficiaries of their death gratuity after giving 

priority to widows and dependent children. 

H.R. 5241 is the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act. I want 

to commend Mr. Connolly and Mr. Chabot for their work on this 

bill. And, frankly, Russia’s annexation of Crimea is a clear violation 

of U.N. charter. And Moscow’s formal commitment to respect 

Ukraine’s sovereigty is violated by what they have done, as well. 

They signed that as part of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. 

So the U.S. has never recognized, obviously, the illegal annexation in the past of Estonia or Latvia or Lithuania by the Soviet 

Union, and, by that same argument, we should not recognize this 

act of aggression either. 

H.R. 5656 is Feed the Future. In an effort to break the current 

cycle of dependency on U.S. international food aid, USAID has 

begun investing in programs that develop agricultural practices in 

key countries, particularly this applies to Africa. This bill, as 

amended, captures the best attributes of this current strategy 

while providing a roadmap for future work. It enhances congressional oversight. It forces greater collaboration across the many 

agencies engaged in food and agricultural assistance. And I want 

to thank Mr. Smith for his leadership in bringing this measure forward today. 

We have the Rewards for Justice, H.R. 5685, offered by Mr. 

McCaul, to ensure that Congress is kept fully informed of developments in the State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program, 

which offers rewards for information leading to the apprehension 

of terror suspects. I had successful legislation last Congress to expand this program, and Mr. McCaul’s bill adds critical oversight. 

We have H.R. 5710, Emergency Ebola Response Act. And though 

there are signs of progress in Liberia, the Ebola epidemic continues 

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to spread throughout West Africa, leaving a trail of human and 

economic destruction in its wake. It is clearly in the interests of the 

United States to support a coordinated international effort to contain the outbreak of its source. 

I will mention the French delegation was here meeting with us 

yesterday. 

This bill provides a framework for that response. It sets out policy priorities, it provides key authorities, and it authorizes vital 

funding. And I want to thank Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Engel for their work on this important measure and recognize 

the contributions made by Mr. Cicilline and Mr. Perry. I encourage 

members to support the bill and the amendments. 

We go to House Resolution 758, condemning the actions of the 

Russian Federation. We thank Mr. Kinzinger for introducing this 

bill. Obviously, Russia’s continuing political, military, and economic 

aggression against Ukraine, as well as Georgia and Moldova, needs 

to be called out. Unfortunately, the U.S. and international sanctions imposed on Moscow have not yet convinced Putin to reverse 

course and end his aggression against Ukraine. We need to keep 

the pressure up. 

And, lastly, House Resolution 714, South China Sea Resolution. 

And I want to take a moment before concluding our remarks 

here to thank the gentleman from American Samoa, Mr. 

Faleomavaega, for his nearly 4 decades of service in Congress and 

on this committee. 

And I want to thank him also for his authorship of House Resolution 714, which rightfully calls for a peaceful resolution of the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea—a critical commercial hub rife with shipping lanes, energy resources, fishing territories. And this is a blueprint to get us back to a peaceful resolution. 

So thank you, Mr. Faleomavaega. And you will be missed. [Applause.] 

I now recognize our ranking member, Mr. Engel of New York, for 

his remarks. 

Mr. ENGEL. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. 

Let me, before I make my remarks on the bill, just quickly talk 

about two of the things that you mentioned. 

I am glad that our bill giving the arms to the Peshmerga is going 

in, is being introduced today. It is something that affects all of us, 

and we have been frustrated about it for some time. 

Flying to Erbil, when we were in the region, I remember how we 

couldn’t go there because there was just so much red tape it became ridiculous. And so I hope—I am sympathetic to what Mr. 

Rohrabacher had to say. I think it is ridiculous that there are restrictions placed on Members of Congress to do this. 

But thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important markup and for the bipartisan approach, as always, you have brought 

to all of these measures. 

Firstly, let me express my strong support for H.R. 2901, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act. I applaud Mr. 

Blumenauer and Mr. Poe for their hard work on this bill, which 

has garnered more than 100 bipartisan cosponsors. 

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The United States and our partners have helped provide clean 

water to millions of the world’s poorest people. Despite that 

progress, more than 750 million people still lack access to clean 

water and 2.5 billion don’t have proper sanitation facilities. This 

bill will help target our investment in water-development programs 

where they need it most, and I urge my colleagues to support it. 

Next, I want to thank Congressmen Grayson and Smith for their 

leadership in introducing H.R. 5206. This legislation, as amended, 

would allow Foreign Service officers killed in the line of duty to 

designate the beneficiary of their death gratuity if they have no 

surviving spouse or children. This will obviously give our diplomats 

benefits similar to that provided to our servicemembers, and I urge 

my colleagues to join me in supporting this measure. 

Mr. Chairman, I also support H.R. 5241, legislation introduced 

by Congressman Connolly to prohibit the United States from recognizing Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine. This brazen act is 

one of the most serious violations of international norms since the 

Second World War. 

Putin’s nonsense rings hollow when he talks about trying to protect ethnic Russians and that is the reason for his aggression. It 

reminds me of the same thing that Adolf Hitler said in 1938 when 

he went into the Sudetenland supposedly to protect ethnic Germans. Dictators always use this as an excuse, and the world 

shouldn’t be fooled by it. We need to send Putin a clear message 

that his forcible takeover of Crimea, an integral part of the sovereign nation of Ukraine, will never be recognized by the United 

States. 

Next, I strongly support H.R. 5656, the Global Food Security Act 

of 2014. Around the world, 842 million people are hungry. Malnutrition causes about half of all deaths of children under 5. That 

amounts to 3.1 million children each year. 

I had a discussion earlier in the week with the USAID Administrator, Rajiv Shah, who said that this bill was one of his priorities 

and very, very important. And I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, 

for your personal help and intervention in making sure that this 

is on the calendar. I think we are doing good work by passing this 

bill. 

USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative, championed by Administrator Rajiv Shah, is only a few years old, yet has already delivered 

real results in fighting world hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. 

This bill, authored by Representatives Smith and McCollum, authorizes this proven approach to food security. 

Mr. Chairman, I also support H.R. 5685, the Rewards for Justice 

Congressional Notification Act. And I thank Congressman McCaul 

for his work on this issue. Quite simply, this bill would require the 

administration to notify Congress when it authorizes a reward 

under the Rewards for Justice Program. The committee already 

passed this language as part of H.R. 5041, the Naftali Fraenkel Rewards for Justice Act, and we should do so again. 

Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you for including the Ebola 

Emergency Response Act, H.R. 5710, in today’s markup. This important legislation provides key authorities in support of the ongoing American response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. It 

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also asserts our committee’s jurisdiction over this issue by authorizing the International Disaster Assistance Account at USAID. 

I would like to thank you, Mr. Chairman—Mr. Chairman Royce, 

Mr. Smith, and Ms. Bass, for their hard work on this bipartisan 

legislation and encourage all of my colleagues to support it. 

I would also like to express my support for the amendment offered by Congressman Cicilline in the en bloc, which recognizes the 

critical contributions made by health workers in the fight against 

Ebola. 

Next, I would like to thank Mr. Faleomavaega for introducing H. 

Res. 714, which reaffirms the strong support of the United States 

for peaceful resolution to disputes in the South China Sea and East 

China Sea. 

The United States is a Pacific power. We have a vital interest in 

freedom of navigation and overflight in these disputed areas and 

unimpeded lawful commerce. These rights are universal, not granted by some states to others. The East and South China Sea disputes must by resolved diplomatically and without force or coercion. Territorial claims and arbitration of those claims should be 

based in international law. 

I would like to take this opportunity to recognize Mr. 

Faleomavaega for all of his contributions to this committee. Mr. 

Faleomavaega and I are classmates. We both came to Congress 

back in 1988. We have been on this committee ever since then, and 

we have worked so closely together. 

I was just at a party, a farewell party I guess, that he had in 

his office last night. I was reminiscing with him and his wife about 

all the trips that we all took together in those early years with my 

wife and me and all the good times we had. 

So, Eni, we are going to miss you, but we hope that you will continue to come around and give us your advice and counsel. We really love you, and we really think that you are just a Member’s Member. 

Over the years, Mr. Faleomavaega has served with great distinction as both chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee 

on Asia and the Pacific. He was talking about the importance of 

Asia for the United States long before anyone decided we needed 

a pivotal rebalance to the region. 

So, Eni, you will be missed. We love you, and we wish you the 

best in your future endeavors. [Applause.] 

Mr. Chairman, I would also like to express my support for H. 

Res. 758, a resolution introduced by Congressman Kinzinger that 

condemns Russian aggression in Ukraine and other areas. 

This resolution reaffirms our position that Russia’s aggression is 

unacceptable. But I support taking even stronger action. We need 

to dial up the pressure on Russia and expand our assistance to 

Ukraine, including the provision of lethal aid and defensive weapons. 

At this moment, Ukraine faces an ongoing invasion of Russian 

military forces, daunting economic challenges, and the prospect of 

a harsh winter ahead. This crisis ranks among the greatest threats 

to European security since the Second World War. 

Vladimir Putin’s aggression poses a direct threat to the interests 

of the United States and our allies, and I look forward to working 

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with the chairman on legislation to confront this crisis in Europe’s 

largest country. Nobody is proposing a land war or any kind of war 

with Putin, but there are sanctions that can be had that can really 

make him understand the economic sanctions, that there is a price 

to pay for his aggression. 

And, finally, before I close, Mr. Chairman, I want to thank my 

friend Congressman Brad Schneider for his service to the people of 

the 10th District of Illinois and to this committee. 

Brad came to Congress ready to work, full of ideas, and with a 

real commitment to getting things done. Through his leadership 

and bipartisan work with Mr. Meadows, this House considered an 

important bill to block Hezbollah’s access to the global financial 

system. He and Mr. Collins also introduced and passed legislation 

to improve Israel’s QME, or qualitative military edge. 

I have always appreciated Brad’s thoughtful approach and his 

sound advice. I have gotten to know him very well and have relied 

upon him numerable times for so many important things. 

Brad, this committee won’t be the same without you. We wish 

you well and Godspeed. [Applause.] 

And, finally, Mr. Chairman, in closing, I would like to thank you 

once again for your bipartisan leadership of this committee. I am 

very proud of the members on both sides of the aisle of this committee, and I truly can say that I think the Foreign Affairs Committee is the best darn committee in all of Congress. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [Applause.] 

Chairman ROYCE. Well, thank you, Mr. Engel. 

There is one unfortunate development on the floor calendar, and 

that is that they have moved the votes up and we are going have 

a vote in about 10 minutes. I would encourage the members, we 

can submit statements for the record, but as I recognize you for 

comments, I would hope you would be succinct. 

And so who is in the queue here? 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen. 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. 

I will put my statement in the record, and I just wanted to give 

a good shout-out to a true American treasure. 

Eni, we are going miss you a lot. And I did not know that you 

had met Elvis. You are a cooler dude than I thought. 

Thank you. 

Chairman ROYCE. I think we should go right to Eni. 

Mr. Faleomavaega? 

Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Chairman, my distinguished ranking 

member, I want to thank you for including House Resolution 714 

for markup, and I appreciate your support of my amendment in the 

nature of a substitute, which will be considered today. 

Since 2012, I have called for a peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South and East China 

Seas. Many of my colleagues, both Republicans and Democrats, 

have stood up with me on this issue, and I want to especially thank 

Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Chairman Steve Chabot for 

their leadership on this matter. 

I also thank each of you for agreeing to move this resolution forward. This will be the last resolution introduced by me, and it is 

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my sincere hope that, given the importance of this resolution, that 

the House will consider it before the 113th Congress ends. 

I have served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee since I 

first came to the U.S. Congress in 1989. For as long as I have 

served, it has been and continues to be my belief that the United 

States should pay more attention to the Asia-Pacific region. Twothirds of the world’s population resides in the Asia-Pacific region. 

We should also pay particular attention to the ongoing tensions 

in the South and East China Seas. Although the United States 

Government is not a claimant in maritime disputes in either the 

East China or South China Seas, the United States has an interest 

in the peaceful, diplomatic resolution of disputed claims in accordance with international law and freedom of navigation and overflight and the free flow of commerce, free of coercion, intimidation, 

or the use of force. 

In 2002, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is 

ASEAN, and China committed to developing an effective code of 

conduct. But, regrettably, China has increased oil exploration in 

disputed areas, implemented measures which attempt to change 

fishing regulations, cut the cables of a Vietnamese exploration ship, 

used guns to threaten Vietnamese fishing boats, warned an Indian 

naval vessel, rammed Japanese patrol boats, fired shots at a Philippine fishing boat, killed a Taiwanese fisherman, established 

Sansha City, conducted military exercises in the South Chinese Sea 

to flex its muscle and deter other claimants, and declared an Air 

Defense Identification Zone, ADIZ, over the East China Sea. And 

this is just the tip of the iceberg, I submit, Mr. Chairman. 

I commend Vietnam for its peaceful but courageous stand, which 

led to China’s withdrawal of the Chinese HD–981 oil rig. And I also 

commend Taiwan and Japan for peacefully reaching an agreement 

and jointly sharing fishing resources in their overlapping EEZs 

through the East China Initiative, which demonstrates that resolution can be achieved through peaceful means. 

And as our Savior said and taught us, hopefully, in the Sermon 

on the Mount, blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called 

the children of God. And as I leave this distinguished committee 

and this great institution—and I have had the privilege and honor 

and will remember you all, truly, as peacemakers—I hope I will be 

remembered as a peacemaker, as well. I believe in peace, and I 

thank you for the opportunity I have had to associate with each of 

you. 

And for those who have served with us in this distinguished committee, it has been my distinguished honor to serve as chairman. 

Steve Chabot on the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, I am 

going to miss him and each of you. But I have every confidence 

that you will continue to be instruments for good for a great Nation 

and ultimately to promote peace internationally. 

With that, I yield, Mr. Chairman. [Applause.] 

Chairman ROYCE. Thank you. 

And we go now to Mr. Chris Smith. 

Mr. SMITH. Thanks, Mr. Chairman. I will be very brief and ask 

that all of my statements be made a part of the record. 

To Eni Faleomavaega, thank you for your service. 

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Eni and I have served on many committees together over the 

many years. And he has provided an education, I think, for all of 

us, particularly on nuclear testing and the deleterious effects it has 

had, continues to have on people in the South Pacific. 

So thank for your good work, and we will miss you, Eni. 

Very briefly on the Global Food Security Act, H.R. 5656, let me 

thank Chairman Royce and Eliot Engel, Chairman Royce for scheduling this important markup, for the helpfulness of the committee 

staff: Piero Tozzi, Joan Condon, Katy Crosby, Tom Sheehy, Ed 

Burrier, Doug Anderson, Janice Kagayutan, legislative counsel 

Mark Synnes. I don’t think there is a better legislative counsel on 

all of Capitol Hill. I have been on a number of committees in the 

past and he does the best work I have ever seen. 

I want to thank my prime cosponsor, Betty McCollum, and her 

staff, Kelly Stone and Jean Holcomb, and, of course, Ranking Member Karen Bass, with whom we do everything in a very bipartisan 

way. 

This is important legislation. It is urgent legislation to help provide a durable solution to global hunger by authorizing existing national food security programs and then laying out a roadmap for 

the future. 

We held a hearing on March 25th of this year on the critical first 

1,000 days of life, from conception to the second birthday. We have 

been working African leaders on that for well over 7 years. And 

that is the key time, if you want to save lives and if you want to 

hopefully have a live that is filled with immunity against malaria 

and a whole lot of other things going forward, that is when you 

have to fortify these children with good food and good supplementation. 

In Nigeria—and I was in Abuja this year and spoke in a conference—in Nigeria alone, 562,000 kids die every year as either 

stillborn or neonatal deaths. That can be cut to a very, very small 

number. Every death is important—every life is important. Every 

death, hopefully, can be averted. But we can cut that number, and 

it is all about making sure that there is proper food and supplementation. 

And this also gives us the ability—and I would ask to put in a 

letter by Dr. Shah. He lays out some of the great successes already 

achieved. 

The Ebola Emergency Response Act, cosponsored by myself and 

Karen Bass, is also an important bill that puts a framework and 

gives Congress a further role in ensuring that this terrible crisis 

of Ebola is combated. We have had three hearings in the subcommittee. Chairman Royce had a major hearing in the full committee. We think we know what we have to do. This provides additional support. 

And, finally, to Congressmen Blumenauer and Poe, we had a 

hearing on August 1, 2013, on his legislation and on the initiative. 

Thank you. Water is a precious resource. This will provide more of 

it and making sure that it is clean. 

I yield back. 

Chairman ROYCE. Yeah, well, the vote is on, so we are going to 

go to Mr. Connolly of Virginia. 

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Mr. CONNOLLY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will try to speak 

fast. 

I want to thank you and Mr. Engel for bringing up this package 

of en bloc bills, especially my bill and that of Mr. Chabot, H.R. 

5241, the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act. 

The dangerous precedent set in Crimea cannot be understated—

or overstated. Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea undermines 

Ukrainian sovereignty and threatens the stability of European borders. Acquiescence on the part of the United States and its allies 

would threaten the security of sovereign nations. Who is next? 

Moldova? Georgia? The Baltic Republics? 

For a country seeking to shed authoritarian institutions, Western 

economic prosperity and democratic freedoms have historically 

functioned like a shining beacon. Cold-war-era geopolitics dictated 

that the end game for the Soviet Union was to extinguish that beacon. In the post-cold-war era, unfortunately Putin’s Russia seems 

once again to be setting its sights anew on extinguishing that beacon. 

When Russian troops were identified as fomenting unrest in Crimea in February of this year, the Russian Prime Minister, Putin, 

adamantly denied any such involvement. By April, Russia had illegally annexed Crimea and Putin had come clean about blatant 

Russian intrusion into Crimea, admitting that Russian troops had 

been deployed to Crimea before the illegal annexation of March 21. 

Now Putin’s playbook is being put to use in eastern Ukraine. 

Last week, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg certified a serious 

Russian military buildup in the eastern part of Ukraine. The U.S. 

and European allies have issued successive rounds of sanctions and 

warnings, as Russian aggression has mounted and spurred violence 

and destruction in the region, including the downing of a major 

commercial aircraft—a terrible loss of life. 

However, I continue to be stuck on Crimea, and I hope we are 

too. The U.S. lacks credibility objecting to Russia’s aggression elsewhere, including eastern Ukraine, without a firm stance on the illegal annexation of Crimea in the first place. To concede Crimea, as 

George Bernard Shaw said, ‘‘is to descend simply into a process of 

quibbling about the price.’’

Congress must make a simple declarative statement on Russia’s 

illegal annexation of Crimea. This bill does just that. 

The legislation prohibits any Federal department or agency from 

taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or 

implies recognition of the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace or territorial waters. It 

authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if he determines 

that doing so is vital to U.S. National security interests, which I 

hope will never happen. 

As Mr. Engel indicated, during the cold war era, the United 

States had a policy of nonrecognition regarding the Soviet Union’s 

annexation of the Baltic Republics. The U.S. Recognized neither 

the de jure nor de facto sovereignty of the Soviet Union over those 

republics. 

Our policy of nonrecognition did not end in 1991 because it had 

become outdated or failed to recognize a fait accompli on the 

ground, although I can attest there were many in Washington and 

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elsewhere who believed it quixotic that we did not recognize such 

de facto occupation and that those Baltic Republics would forever 

be in the Soviet Union. The Baltic people gained their independence in 1991, almost 50 years after Soviet occupation after World 

War II, and today Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia are NATO allies. 

This is an important moment for the United States and our allies. We are not seeking a return to cold-war brinkmanship, but all 

of our last century’s history tells us that the bullies can never be 

satisfied by concession. 

I thank the chair and the ranking member. 

Chairman ROYCE. I thank you, Mr. Connolly. 

In September, we had the Secretary of State here before this 

committee, and Mr. Rohrabacher raised the issue at that time of 

providing temporary authority to provide weapons directly to the 

Kurdish Peshmerga forces. The legislation that myself, Mr. Engel, 

and Mr. Rohrabacher will draw up today will do exactly that. 

We now go to Mr. Rohrabacher of California. 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. I will be supporting the en bloc amendment, 

but let me remind our colleagues that this is only saying that these 

bills should be permitted to come to the floor. 

I have some serious objections to several of these bills. I would, 

for example, have been much more pleased with legislation calling 

for Russia to have internationally supervised elections in Crimea to 

see where the people of Crimea would like to go, what their sovereignty would say at the ballot box. 

But, with that, knowing that we have very limited time, I will 

support the en bloc amendment, realizing there are some disagreements on other areas, like with Mr. Blumenauer and the efforts of 

Mr. Smith, with helping children and getting better water. Of 

course, we are all in favor of that. 

One last note: Eni and I went to one of our first CODELs together up to northern Pakistan into—what is the name of that city, 

Eni, up there? Peshawar. Peshawar. And the State Department 

didn’t try to stop us. We were meeting with some very radical elements of the Afghan society, and at the end of our meetings, instead of trying to say, ‘‘You can’t come and talk to these people,’’ 

they issued us guns and said, ‘‘Put these guns under your pillow, 

and if anybody tries to come in your room during the evening, 

shoot them, because they are there to kill you.’’ And that is a farcry difference from the attitude we have now with the roadblocks; 

‘‘Don’t talk to anybody, and don’t come up.’’

So, with that, Eni, it has been a wonder working with you. God 

bless you. 

Chairman ROYCE. Mr. Rohrabacher, I had wondered why Eni 

started laughing when you started to tell the story, and now we all 

know why. 

Mr. ROHRABACHER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back. 

Chairman ROYCE. Thank you. 

We have 5 minutes left on the vote. If I hear no further requests 

for recognition, I will call the question on the items considered en 

bloc. 

Hearing no further requests, all those in favor, say aye. 

All those opposed, no. 

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In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. And the measures 

considered en bloc—H.R. 2901, 5206, 5241, 5656, 5685, 5710, and 

House Resolution 714 and House Resolution 758—are agreed to, as 

amended. 

Without objection, each of the measures, as amended, is ordered 

favorably reported as a single amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

Staff is directed to make any technical and conforming changes. 

And that concludes our business today. I thank our ranking 

member and all the committee members for their contributions and 

assistance. 

The committee is adjourned. 

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